At Motion, we're building the new way for professionals to manage their time. By constantly monitoring and reorganizing their to-do list and calendar, we help professionals make time for their highest priority tasks while never missing any deadlines.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who works at Motion?

Harry, Ethan, Omid, Chander and ~10 employees across engineering, design, and customer support. The founders went to school together and our team has worked at companies such as Facebook, Stripe, Twitter, WhatsApp, Citadel, and McKinsey.

Where is Motion located?

Motion is officially based in San Francisco, but most of the team is working remotely across the US and Canada.

How does Motion make money?

We currently charge users a subscription around $30/month. We already have 10,000+ paying users from world class companies!

Is Motion building an innovative product?

Yes! Customers frequently tell us that Motion has changed their lives and they love our product. Read more about what customers have to say about us here: https://twitter.com/usemotion

How big is the market?

There are many large, billion-dollar companies in the productivity space: e.g. Asana, Monday.com, ClickUp, Notion. We believe Motion has the potential to become as large as these companies, or even larger.

It's a crowded space - how will Motion beat the competition?

• Our strongest competitive advantage is that we move extremely quickly. We aim to release new significant features every week. We can accomplish things in weeks that it takes our competitors months or years to do.

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• We learn extremely quickly. We're great at constantly talking to users and analyzing user metrics. We can quickly figure out how to improve the product and what new solutions to build. On the business side, we figure out sales and marketing tactics extremely fast and have a world-class growth operation.
• We are hungry for success and have an extremely strong sense of urgency. We are not content to just build a small business. We constantly ask ourselves what specifically we are doing to turn Motion into a billion-dollar company. We are always trying to push the envelope rather than be too comfortable.
• We like to take risks. We view risk taking as potential opportunities for extreme growth. We don't let fear hold us back.

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• We communicate directly and effectively. We don't have long meetings that go nowhere; meetings can be just a few minutes long and everyone gets on the same page. Everyone holds themselves accountable - when we say we will do something, we get it done without anyone else checking in on us. We can disagree while committing.

How much money have you raised?

We have raised 13 million of dollars from top-tier investors, most recently our Series A. You can read about our latest funding here: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/19/2393012/. Motion was in the Y Combinator Winter 2020 class.

What are work hours like at Motion?

We are looking for ambitious people who want to work hard and accomplish something great. Our team usually work 50 hours a week, occasionally a bit longer around major product releases. The founders and senior managers usually work 70+ hours a week. We all constantly challenge ourselves to do our best work and make the company succeed. Every employee has a huge amount of impact. You should join Motion if you want to collaborate with an ambitious and talented team in a no-BS environment.

Read more about Motion's culture here:

Motion Company Culture